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Like all absurd persons. the South Carolina statesman has an amusing side, but his frenzied cruelty, his in- aensibility to c-lvilized ethics, incline one to tears. - Senator Tillman reminds one-ewme- what of the young man In George Adc'e "Pablo" who journeyed from New. York to visit his cousin in Fos- torla, O.- Nothing in Fostoria was sumptuous enough to satisfy him. Everything; paled and dwindled before the remembrance of the sybaritic lux ury he had been used to at home. But when later the cousin repaid the visit he founfl the'hauRhty youth installed in a 6x10 lia.ll bedroom and in debt o his landlady for his rent. Thus it i with Mr. Tillman. , From his ravings upon hits perpetual theme of "social equality" one would naturally Infer that -he belongrs to the cream of the South Carolina aristocracy; one pic tures him descended from a long- line of slave-drivliifr plutocrats whose ancea tral -pftlace has been a meetinr-place of th? haughty gentry for ceaiturlcs, Af ter hearing .him boast of his "caste" and the "purity of his blood," and the liner clay" tie 1 built of. one expects to learn that lie la the sun of at leaet "a hundred earl"' .Aa a. matter of fact. -Senator Tillman belongs to what ie contemptuously called "'the poor white trash" of South Carolina., 'lie fore the war this pariah caste, lowest of the low. was equally despised toy the white gentry and by the negro , slaves, ignorant, Indigent, indolent, utterly craven of spirit, ' they' wene what 6taJ8pcare calls "the com mon muck" .of the state. Th it Is the 'finer clay" rrom icn Mr, Tillman draws the princely blood that cour&es throujerti tiLs aristocratic veins. Of late years this element has s'one Into poll- lice and obtained control ot-the state. He 'Is their" choice for United States 8enatorand entirely congruous he is with the social class that supports him. When a man comes into power who lias, had, to take kkkp all his life and kits 4he-boot that kicked him. what is his first impulse? Why. to find some body that he can .himself kick." with safety. Mr. Tillman and the rest of the. -poor white 4 rash of South Caro lina stand Just as much In awe' of the genuine old aristocracy as they ever did. but the negro are at their mercy: and all their, imbruted Qualities come out In their treatment of this depend ent and helplees race. Almost every part of Mr. Tillman's re- cent eipeeeh. Indeed of all his speeches, juastifletv these strictures equally well, perhaps. . He .stands for lynch law, burn- wg negro criminals at the stake, shoot- Jug down colored persons whom he die likes, and especially for holding: the nearroes In perpetual servitude. In his opinion, as expressed in the speech we refer to. It le a social crime to treat col ored men. a we do others, according to their merits. The President stated in one of hie messages that ht? ivae de termined to deal with white and colored men on precisely the same principles. This excites -Mr. Tillman's direst wrath. It stirs up In his fiery and aristocratic imagination dreadful visions of -"social equality." Prom Mr. Roosevelt's pjre cept it would follow that if a negro has the same merit at? a white man he should receive the same treatment po- litfcally and industrially. Of course it has. no referenca whatever to "social matters. Everybody who has the sii&tueet acquaintance with society un. ier stands perfectly that "social equal ity depends upon condition? very re mote from merit. Unfortunately Mr. Tillman na? no sucn acquaintance; he therefore concludes from Mr. Roose velt's remark that the President Is eagrer to mingle in colored social cin- cles ana poeslbly desires to marry his daughter to a negro. -It is noteworthy that those Southern ers who Teally know what ".society" and "social standing" are have no euch fear as Mr. Tillman expresses that the negroes will contaminate their "pure Caucasian blood." His excessive dread ' of this calamity almoet suggests that xn&rriag4 wUh a Degrees offer some fascinating temptation to him and his social caste. It Is an indiscretion, so pleaeln--to their fancy that they are always in dread of committing it. In- deed, the greater part of the talk- we hear about "'race' -purity'" dnd "u noon tamlnated Caucasian blood" comes from peopio whose immediate ancestry ie a trifle vague. Well-informed' per sona know - that the great progreoslve races, are all commingled of many strains. There is probably no such" thing In existence as "pure Caucasian hlood," and -it Is well that there is not. The bet hope of America is in that mingling of races which always hae gone on here and will contihue for many yesirs to oome.. By encouraRinlr Immigration from many lands we hope to produce a Tace which etia 11 combine the best traits of fevery otW, with- the probable exception of the negro. There has .been . some slight crossing of the white and black races, but In this mat ter the Inferior has been the victim. not the aggressor. If the whites Jeire to feep their race purity Intact from the blacks, their wish is easily attained. They have only to observe the seventh commandment. n HJiKE HARMOMC IS PEjRADUS. From Millard O. Lownsdale's letters one is compelled to infer ' tuii he be lieves the state Horticultural Society to tx, a body wittiout rainie or Jus tice. If the officers are unsuit able. Mr. LownedAle ll perforin no olsher service to the fruitgrower of the state than to attack them upon the floor of the society. If they are unfair to any section of the state or to. any horticulturist, -this fact should be brought home to the society, We .can- .lot believe thki this body of studious. Iprogrresslve and successful men would prevent the development of any terri- lory. We think Mr. Lownsdale's po<lon in derllnlntr to e-achlblt with the Horticul tural Society "as at present officered" ifi a niifitaltr. h Wing fruitgrower of the state.it Is his duty to. exhibit, not at a different time and 'place from others, but in open competition, that he may receive the credit he deserves and .that others may. benefit, from the example of his success. If the officers treat him unralrJy the merit of his fruit will be the severest possible re- proach to them. If they are united in a conspiracy agalnist him there is no better way to convict them than by giving' them every opportunity to ex- hi bit their evil designs. If the prizes were bestowed manifestly without re gard to merit, they would lose all their value, and It Is not credible that men so Intelligent as the members of the Horticultural- Society, would tolerate such a state of things very long. Close union among the fruitgrowers of the state is desirable for many rea sons. The destruction of pests, the problems of transportation and mar kets, proper legislation, for example, demand united action: and to Becure united action the fruitgrowers must have .erne official agency lIKe the Hor ticultural Society. Therefore, if not "holy," the society Is. necessary and should have the hearty support of every fruit man in "the state. Mr. Lake may have all the demerits -which Mr. Lownsdale ascribes to him, or he may not. In any case, the proper place to attack him and show up his sins is upon the Hoor of the society. Should all the fruit men whom Mr. Lownsdale believer to be dissatisfied with Mr. Lake Join the'aociety and vote againet him, his term In the secretary's office would be very brief. We have no desire to "crack a plan tation whip" about Mr. Lownsdale's ears, or even to- "hector" him, but we commend to his prayerful meditation the suggestion, that his course of cdn- duct does not conduce to the harmony that we think should obtain among the fruitgrowers of the state. . , BrVINO APP1JE8 02 THKI ft MERITS. The bill Introduced in the State Sen ate for the purpose of preventing the labeling- of packagres , of - agricultural prodwets in such a manner ae , to mis represent the facte concerning -the plftOG Of their production k one" to which no objection can be offered. .Dif ferent .loctaJitiee; sometimes produce dif ferent, characteristic's , InJruI.t. tas to flavor, texture or other dualities that are of importance in etimating' their worth. Pci'haps there may be no .real difference In food value or. in general merit, hut if -the fruit of one locality has a particular flavor which a pur chaser -desires, he should not be 1m- poed upon by a dealer who eel Is him fruit falsely branded. Whether the apples of Hood River be better or worse than those of the; Willamette Valley, there is no reason why the'product of one.locallty' Should. be sold as the product of another The bill . now before the State Senate, on this subject will, if Mrbccomee a. law, be of benefit to the Willamette Valley. This last year some - 15,000 boxes of apples were shipped in boxes bearing the brand of a -Hood Rtven packer. They were not expreflsly.represented at; Hood River apples, but ran erroneous impression was civeji. If- this sort of practice be stopped, it will be but a short time until there will be packing- houses in the Willamette Valley and that part of the state, will - beg-i n to make a reputation for itself. That is. assuming that an enterprising spirit can be aroused in Willamette Valley growers, who were o lacking? In that spirit when -the State Horticultural So- ciety conducted a competitive exhibit in this city early this month. Let every apple hang by its own etem. LEGISLATIVE CLERkSiIIP ABUSES. The clerkship abuse, concerning which there has been much -discussion for many years. Is not so much an in jury to the 6tate on atcount of the amount of money, fhat is thereby wasted as because of the epirit of ex travagance it -breeds.t In employing clerks for whose services they have no need, and who, in many instances, are incapable of doing, work of any partic ular value, the members of the Legis lature commence a policy of disregard' of public trust which it ie not easy afterward to- control. Surrounded by idle clerks, mala and female.' wbo i ru w salaries for labor they do not perform, the members forget the pledges of economy they made in the campaign and absorb the' all-pervading" spirit of plunder. s J Comparatively speaking, the expense of clerk hire is not rreat. To have a sufficient, number of. competent clerics at reasonable compensation Is, In fact, a measure of economy. The people did not send men to the Legri slature to paste bllte in boo its or -to do the work or stenograph erts. They do not - exect such service and would not be satisfied with It. But neither do they expect the members of the legislature to employ a host of clerks who are not needed. The people are not niggardly in their attitude toward the expenditure, of public money. Neither are they such fools as not to know when they are being robbed. They know that a -mem- ber of the Legislature who will delib- enately vote away $10,000 on clerkship Srraft will. If it suits hie purpose, vote away ten tlmee as -much on -some other graft, A public servant who will prove unfaithful In small things cannot be trueted In matters of greater import ance. The cierK?hip abuse is a small evil in itself, but it is the beginning of a pol icy thta Is unbusinesslike- and. to put it plainly, dishonest. So long a the Legislature employs men and women who it around and do nothing most of the time, the people will retain theli dlstruat of that bociy and continue to heave a sigh of relief when the eesslon ends. ' (OHRIPT FRACnCKs. The apparent purpose of Mr. Hunt- ley corrupt practices bill merits un- uallfled commendation. That purpose seems to be to place a poor man on an equality with 'his wealthy rival in the race for office. It is not desirable that money should overbalance merit in pol itics, but the taek of equalizing poor m ricn Me, as cieewnere, is aimcuit in the extreme. TKere is abundant pre cedent in -this and other countries for fixing- a limit to the a-mount of money a candidate may spend la electioneer- Ing. Mr. Huntley's bill -places H at 20 per cen t in general, but por m f ts log-Is latlve candidatee to spend lOO. Of course, h is comparatively, easy to evade, provisions of this kind; till they have an excellent effect -upon the whole and wherever adopted they tend to mahe offlce-eeewny jess mercenary, With the forfeiture of office as a pen alty for violation of the rule, it pre sents a fairly effective deterrent to cor rupt expenditures, . The bill permits each candidate to file a statement of his Qualifications with the Secretary of State, who is to print as many ae he receivea in a pamphlet tind mall a copy to every voter In the state. Thta would Insure to every can-, dldiate a fair bearing- -before the people. while the rees required lor space in the pamphlet would probably meet th greater part of the expenee of publica tion and mailing. This provision In Mr. Huntley's bill is undoubtedly for the best interest of the - public. Another section makes it unlawful for church and charity committees to continue to prey upon candidates, as their custom has been. "When a. man Is running for office every person 14" ho hac a fad to exploit or a "hobby to ride looks upon him as a natural victim. If he yields to the exasperating; solicitors he gains nothing; if he refuses their demands he makes enemies. It is well for. the law to deliver him out of their hands if it Ocfn. ' All this is very well; but why does Mr. Huntley attempt to make it unlaw ful for an editor to avell tabs editorial space to a candidate? It Is disgraceful, of course, for an editor to do such a thins: but if he chooses to do it, can the law - with propriety forbid him? The most that can be 3Qne, one would think, ia to regard such editorial mat ter as advertising and require the cost to be Included with other expenses in the candidate's worn-statement, Hon est advertising in the newspapers is the least objectionable and the --most effective way to electioneer. Purchased editorial opinion ' generally reveals It self by the' unmistakable marks of in sincerity. and.it hinders rather than helps a candidate. If an editor Is will ing to sell his opinions, perhaps the law may as well lot him do so. In a ehort time they will ruin their own . TTBERCUL0SI8 AND SCHOOLS. A suggestion made by Governor Chamberlain in his message to the Legislature that Is more than timely fl.nd is well worth heedim? is that teacher in the public schools be re quired to grl ve lectures at stated periods upon tuberculosis, its cause, communl- cability. methods of treatment and prevention. School boards generally have come to regard incipient con- sumption in a tcacner as a oar to cm- ployment In the schools. This ts a Ions: step in advance of the time when, the disease not being- Known to be com- municabie, men and women suffering; from it even in a somewhat advanced eraire continued to teach in crowded schoolroom, upon -the warm, dry air or which the germs of this dreaded dte- ease,' sown unconsciously by the teaoher, were carried. This source of contagion or com- munlcability has, however, been re- moved: good health is now considered essential to good teaching- and to safe contact . with children in warn and often overcrowded rooms. The next step toward checking 'the advance of tuberculo9ta9 in the community is through the systematic and general dif?geminati,on of Knowledge relative to its cause, prevention, treatment and possible cure. The Governor, in the suggestion above noted, proposes a plan that, if followed, will provide for necessary enlightenment in the homes of the land. The task: imposed upon" tea. ihers would not be a difficult one. A textbook containing the necessary instruction, succinctly set forth by a phyasician who has made a study of the disease from its subtle inclpleney on through the several stages Of its progress, would be required, and pro ficiency In the knowledge that the book contained would become a part of 'the teacher's equipment. : The "woeful Ignorance" that exists concerning- the nature of tuberculosis and Its various forms and phases, all leading-, if unchecked, to the same re sult, is a matter beyond dispute. There Is but one way to dispel this ignorance, and that is throuerh patient, careful, in telligent dissemination - of the knowl edge amontr the masses, which now be longs tV the few. As tersely stated byS Governor Chamberlain, "to educate-the children of the public schools -upon thte subject is to educate the home." His suggestion, if acted upon by legislative provision and later by the State Board of Education, will provide a simple and effective means ot arresting the prog ress of a malady ' that has long been the scoursre of the world, the despair of medical science an-d the shuddering dread of myriads whose inherited physical tendencies furnish . good ground for the development of its seeds. -v A figure in the trial of Chester Thompson that . Is scarcely less painful to contemplate than that of the Jiiit- g-uided prisoner . himself is the young girl with whom th boy was &o deeply infatuated. Her calm, unruffled atti tude, accentuated, by '-the unsympa thetic gaze which &he fixed upon the writhing boy who had become a mur derer through ' what is claimed to be mental unbalance, induced or empha sized because' of his love for her, -will be variously-construed. -fcTo .soma- it will, .betoken, the.... heartless . coquette.'sure .to hear, some langniag-e cruelly regardless of the ruin her wiles have wrought ; to otherw It will appear as the enforced calm nee 3 of a girl in- hoeent of Intent to enllet the affections of the boy and full of horror for -the crime which was not even the remote result of any encouragement upon her part of the love of her. youthful devo- tee. Though called by the state. Miss Whittlesey probably made a better witness for the defense than, she knew. Any one lacking pity for -the youthful murderer before must have felt a twinge of divine compassion at hits evi dent writhing under the cool gaze of the witness which he felt but did not In his .primary campaign for the nom- .nation for the office of State Printer W. S. Junlway exposed certain meth ods which- he asserted were grafts and which he safdi he would eliminate if he were elected. The. people took him at hiS word. One of the evils he promised to remove was the daily calendar graft, which has been notorious for many years, At the opening- of the eesslon Duniway has offered to carry out this promise as made in the campaign, and let him ao eo, Dunlwaj', though WWCl)" known and popular, was not nominated and elected on his -personal acquaint ance or h Is party record. liia plural- uy was too are to thUfi accounted for. He made a campaign against graft such as no other man has rr a.ci In Oregon, and it wa9 upon this that he won. : He made promises In writing which he cannot forget If lie would. Fortunately -for him, he stands ready to cut out t.li grafts a. pointed; out in hie campaign literature. When-the people elected .him they Indorsed his plan of reform and they expect him to carry it out. They will took m t the ex pense bills for state printing during his term and eee whether he has fulfilled his promises. It Is up to him to make good. " The legislator who frames a law which, being faithfully -executed, will compel recreant huabands and irie eponeibie fathers to support their wives, and children will be wise and useful in his day and generation. A bill looking: to this end nas 4een framed under the counsel of Judge Webster, who as County Judge of Multnomah County has had much experience with this most worthless and despicable class. represented by th man who "gets tired" of earning a living for his fam- ily and decamps, leaving the burden upon the wife to bear if she can, and upon the 'county to carry if it must. It is safe to say that the public, long im- posed upon by delinquents of this-type, will welcome a law that will put them upon the county rockrpile, and. divert their earnings, assessed at a reasonable rate, to the support of their deserted families. - ... There is now pending before the Ore son Legislature a resolution for the nubmlsHon of a- constitutional amend ment authorizing exemption of personal property to the amount of $300 from taxation. The resolution should be adopted and the proposed amendment submitted to a vote of the people. There an be no ctoubf as to the result. A small exemption in favor of every householder would to some extent encourage the building of homes and would lig-hten the burden upon email property-owners and shift it in a proportionate degree to those more able to bear It. For half a century an exemption law has been recognized as valid in Oregon, but was recently declared' unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. The constitution should be amended in that respect. Dr. J. B. Beatty, Secretary of the Utah State Board of . Health, - recom mends to the Xegrislature of that state. now in session, the pasasge of a bill to prevent the. marriage of persons men tally deficient and incapable of sup- porting themselves and families. This is good as far as it goes. It will prob ably become a law, in which case sup plemental legislation making the object contemplated effective will follow in due time. The offspring of the men tally defective. born out of wedlock. would' be quite as undesirable to the state as those born in wedlock. The desire of the weather forecaster for this district eeems to have warped his -meteorologictn judgment. The rise in temperature for 'Portland and vl- cinity,M promised or prognosticated three days ago, is sadly behind time. In the meantime, the plumber ermties in anticipation of a rich harvest when the thaw sebs in. and the fuel dealer reaps his bar-vest from day to day ar he sits In his cosy office and takes orders for wood and coal at constantly advancing prices. Not more cars, but quicker action, is Janiet? J. Hill's remedy for the present shortage. His opinion and the facts do not agree, but to stop universal clamor why not provide more cam and then etart a campaign of celerity? ' 4 - When the majority of (the Republican party last April voted- for Willis Zunl- way It had faith in his promise of re- form. It takes grit in a politician to turn down a matter of 910,000 profit. It used to be called graft- The committee on counties will be an important one at this sension of the Legislature, if all the proposed county division bills should be introduced and the legislative apportionment bil-l goes to, the same committee. It would appear that what Spokane really wants just now Is to get the In terstate Commerce Commission to make good the promises of Mr. Jim Hill to a druggist, a hotel man and a gro cery clerk back in 1832. , The lady who would be but isn't a. lerk can get even by declaring her opinion" that -the member from her county to not .so much of a statesman, after all. .' As viewed from this distance. Sena tor Ougvenhejm's tosra seems a misfit. Besides, the 'sold lace, trimmlnsr will always be subject to adverse criticism. i MlssInK--One water wagon. last heard of between January 1 and Janu ary 7. - Finder will please return ' to , , , Father Time before January 1, 1908. Public-service corporation, are eched- uled for some rough sleduMng- at Sa'eiU the nest few weeks, and not a few hard bumps. -. Indications point to a vry active season for the Third House at Salem, with unusually larg-e btie-inees in slerht. When Tillman replies to Spooner on the negro question, the Senate will be POKING FT TV AT Ot ft HON. JOHN Dellelooi Satire About His Visits With Royal Ladles. New York Sun. Th Hon. John Barrett Is a born diplo matist. Hr has distributed tact from Argentina to Corea and from Fanama to Siberia. He combines th Latin dexterity and neatness of speech with the finesse and subtlety pf Cathay. W nether he is investigating the fisiifKln clothing Indus- try of Eastern Siberia or communicating and receiving Information at the White House, he inspires wisdom and exhales eloquence. But we love him best as a model of graceful tact, of restraint and decorum, of amene language and de meanor. Such the New York Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion has just found him. X perilous, if fascinating, society, in which much of the spirit of the Revolution survives. Mr. Barrett raced the daughters hravely, told them about the full hands of queens that he had held in his diplomatic travels, and frankly advocated woman suffrage, per- haps under the Impression that the daughters are a woman suffrage club. J t is possible for Tblr. Barrett to be mis taken, but it is Impossible for him tobe ottitr than the glass ot courtesy and the mould of tact. Let us hurry to meet the royal women that have met the Hon. John Barrett. -There was great surprise in China m the Empsi granted Mr. Barrett an audience. There was none in the United States. As Mr. Barrett says, the Empress is intelligent. Naturally she wished to increase her intelligence ''Her. was not the hardened face I expected to see. says Mr. Barrett. Whatever he her habitual expression, her ' face could not hut soften In the presence of him whom the Chinese poets call the Son of the W" Iml. The Empress and Mr. Barrett had a nice talk. Mr. Barrett made it so. The Queen of Slam must be several million diameters more' intellisent: For four yei.is X liatened to her con vsra tlun (diplomatic. ened to my convereation") sluing beaide Her at the table. Four years of John Barrett! What col- lege for can give an education line mat. Frond as Mr, Barrett is ot His pupil, he doesn't palliate her faults: In Kuropean clothes she looks like a well red servant girl: There is a French delicacy,' an iniml- table refinement in this diplomatic criti cism. In her native costume the lady is ambiguous and embarrassing : in her native dress it is hard to tell her and thft King apart. Women here would not wish to war the coitume, and It mi cht poasihiy be trailed improper. It Is a sort of riding astride costume with a display of hosiery and very "little about the shoulders. That (b a warm country, and not so many clothe are needed. x A tru cosmopolite like Mr. Barrett is not pained by the costumes and habits of these outlandish folks. The next picture on the slide Is Japan: My only regret about the Empress of Japan was that she wore the European co- tume, vhlch is much le?s becoming- than the native dress. She is much more in teresting than the Emperor, who, though showing fofce of character, has little per sonal magnetism. When, he has finished the necessary salutations he' appears bored and to wish you well away. It Is curious that Mr. Barrett, with his .rare knowledge of the - world, fails to make allowance for the Emperor, who was not bored, but embarrassed. A feel ing creditable to the Emperor's modesty. The Empress heard a good long talk from Mr. Barrett one morning. The 'Inter preter wanted 'to shut it ofT." but "I was - bound it should be as long as the Empress and I wished' Of course Mr. Barrett had his way. Nobody can read the Hon. John Bar rett's remarks to the daughters on "The Influence of Women without wishing that this accomplished and wonderful man were director of the bureau of Oriental sovereigns. WHAT ARB WE COMtt'G TO Gloomy Ontlook For ne America si f Tomorrow. ' PORTLAND, Or., Jan. l6.(To the Edi tor.) I note in the daily press that one Ir. McGee. a recipient of the bounty of J. r. Rockefeller in the matter ot church donations, has become enthusiastic about his benefactor and gone Into tho prediction business. He says that "Mr. Rockefeller is "a type of the American of tomorrow," representing the highest form or "the incarnation ot concentrated effort.' whatever that -may mean. I have nlno been pondfrfnie over a state ment recently made by Profesaor Lorn- broso. the distinguished Italian crimlnolo glflt, who. after carefully studying Mr. Rockefeller for some time, has arrived substantially at the following- conclusions. to-wit: "That the latter is afflicted with the malady of greed; that his malady is extremely dangerous and hig-hly contagi ous: that for the best interests of human ity he should be confined separate and apart from the balance of his fellows." NTow, as5rtrmirtg that Dr. McGee is cor rect and that Rockefeller is "a type of the American of tomorrow." and. second ly, that Professor Lorn broso is also cor- rect in his diagnosis of Jlr. Rockefeller, would it not be wise for the unaffected portien of our people to take to the Weyerhauseran woods before the infection becomes general? H. G, G. , Xmator Ost Boanl Makes Dlffrrrncr. Wanhtngton r. O. ) :Hprald. It is generally agreed among occu- pants of the galleriea at the Capitol thai -the most polite and accommodat ing? member of the Senate Is, Mr. Ft tus. .of Alabama, agotl S5. One of the most rigid rules pertaining to tho running of the elevators at the Senate wing: Is tha-tr when a Senator is a pAmtenger the car must not be stopped except when it arrives at the floor to which the Senatorial occupant desires to be carried. Whenever Senator Pet- tus enters one of the elevators he is careful to inquire of the conductor where the other occupants desire to be taken, and then instructs that obeisfent functionary not to bother about him but let " the other passengers off at their floors just 'as though no member of the Senate were among his passengers. Frequently it happens that when other Senators are aboard an elevator the car Is kept bobbins: up and down between the. floors for several minutes before the ordinary passengers can be landed at their destination. For Our Pml lie red Friends. PORTLAND," Or., Jan. 15.-(To the Edi tor.) I wish to make an appeal for the birds during this unusual weather, when their food supply Is -almost entirely cut off and they have no warmth by which to warm their feet. To save the birds means to save the farmers their crops. The birds that make a business of picking the larva from bark, etcM will thank you with a song if you will tie a piece ot suet firmly to a limb out of reach of the cat any meat not salted will do. Suet Is the more prefer able, for it does not freeze easily. Bread crumbs are always acceptable when not frozen hard. By all means keep water ready In tins, for birds must drink, and they lilce their hath eyen in the coldest weather. Both country and city folk can do this. The farmer who will throw out some haymow sweepings each day or share his prosperity of 190S by scattering even one-tenth of one per cent of his grain on the edge of the woodlands, will be doing a work of charity now almost overlooked. HUiiS isiuuolas. MR. 'LAKE IS MTJCH Iltf THK -WAV wy the Valley (.rowers Will Not Jo In W'lih Horticultural Society. LA. PAYETTE. Or.. Jan. 16. CTo the Editor.) Is tha editor of The OreEoni- an asleep? so soundly sleeping; that lie liag 'not read his own columns? Tour editorial. "Is the Valley Asleep?" in Sunday's Issue auKgeats this Ques tion. You berate In caustic terms the' apple-growers of the Willamette Val ley because they failed to exhibit at the recent metlnsr of the State Horti- cultural society, and yet, ir you had read or had given heed to your own columns you would have known for the last two months that It has not at any time been the purpose of these growers to taKe part in a competition Under the control of the State Horti cultural Society, as at present offi cered. X announced this fact throush your columns several times, both be- fore and after the display in which Valley grrowers showed their fruits. At that time, without srolnf? into details f no Interest to the general reader. I announced unequivocally tliat Under nO circumstances would I become a mem- ber of the Society or exhibit at Its meet In arc. "We recosrnlze no obilsa tton to exhibit our apples simply be- rause mere Happens to hp a horticul. tural meeting. There Is nothing holy about the State Horttcultuml Society nothing In It that we should bow down before and worship. . Our applCR r& Jugt fls good without its seal of commendation as with It. As I an nounced on the morning: of our display, we preferred to appeal to a wider J udjf- menftnan tout or a society whose. ex. ecutlve officer (one who practically conducts the society) was already prejudiced against us. That our J.der- ment was correct the event has proved, for this prejudice has been publicly re affirmed within the last week. I now tell you RRai r that. notwitliHUndlrtK your caustic comment, we will never exhibit at a meeting gt the State HOr- tioilltural Society as long as Mr. l,ake Is its secretary or controls its affairs. Xet Mr. Xstlce step aside from the ma n - aa-ement and the manipulation of the State Society, and you will m how quickly there will be a representation and a. very extensive ono. from the "Willamette Valley in the annual com- petitions or that society. Please give US credit for hp ving reasons for our the public. We of the Willamette Val- ley do not relish having: the plantation whip of some vituperative secretary, or even of the editor of The Orenonlan, cracked about our ears, an'd be told to dance, whether "ve wish to do so or n6t. At our own proper time, and under unbiased direction, we will, of our own volition, 'make such exhibits as will more than repeat the success that you (forgetting' your previous comments) so vaguely hint at In your latest editorial on the apple Question. And in no insular vein will our exhibit be made, for our competitions will be open to every fruitgrower of the state. But no amount of hectoring will change our plans, for we will not be driven, and are ready at any moment to strike back, wheal we are publicly attacked. M. 0. LOWNSDALE. A ppftlnt si Heaalar Chief. PORTIAND, Jan. lj. (To the Kdi- tor.) The view taken by our City Council that this city should have a resrular chief of police is well taken, and ahould be supported by all citi zens. Portland is the only city in the Union that .lias been without a chief of police for two years, and that's the reason why the police department is In such a bad condition. As a citizen and a taxpayer I object to any appropriation beinsr maoV for the salary of chief of police until a regular chief is appointed. Neither should any salaries be paid Captains Bruin and Slover, as the court has de cided that the examination and ap pointment of those officers were 11 le a;al. 1' may also be asked if salaries should be increased In the police de partment or any other department be fore the Supreme Court has derided if the employes are legally appointed. Especially, as mn n v of the men em ployed by the city "could not earn l&O a month if they were thrown on their own resources. To pay such men $100 or even a month Is certainly a waste of the taxpayers money. W, L JOKES,', AmH-Psm State Law. WALLA WAUL A. Wash.. Jan. 1 .5. (To the Editor.) ft may be that John V. Logan honest In believing as he a Bs"rt3, that ant (railroad pass lesfls latlon is all bosh. The people are almost to a man op- posed to tills granting- of special prlv- lieges to anyone, much less a public servant. If Mr. Irfig.tn . succeeds in havins his proposed bill made a law he will not only make himself unpop ular, bt the Legislature that dares to pass such a law will bring upon it self such a storm of ind ijrnation that has been seldom heard of heretofore. K the representatives of the people at thf! legislature do not think they are properly compensated for their la bors the people would rather that they increase their pay by law In an honor able manner rather than they should frrant to railroads and corporations special privileges. It would be cheaper for us to pay in cash and not place ourselves under obligation to any per son or set of persona. A PLAIN THINKING VOTER. NO ARGUMENT From th Denrtr Republican. X0 AVOID FURTHER ROWS IN CONGRESS OVER MEMBERS' NOT BE1XG AT WORK, WHY NOT ADOPT SOMETHING I.IKK THIS? Troposed Kerned ,y of Abuses In HnH road Land Grants. PORTLAND. Or:.' Jans 15. ITo the Editor.) Some three or four' year ago, the writer had occasion to inquire into the methods . of dis posal of lands held by transcon tinental railroads, and at the time was much impressed by the Injustice of the general policy of these railroads in such matters, because" of the withdrawal of desirable lands from the ' market. It was never intended by ConnrMs that anytnitiK in tne tana grant acts biiouiu ire construed to deed these lands to any ral:- road' in any manner other than a trustee ship. The fees for the sate or tne tanas and the sums received therefor were not to be in excess of a stated sum of like value with the charges for homestead lands. Neither was it intended that such acts should be the basin of large land holcllnf? l- corporat interests. For had such been the case, there would now be no cause for suits at law because of land frauds, as no laws would have been enacted by Congress limltirtS' the extent of siriKle holdings where the purctiasliiK parties were able to pay the price asltfd for the land. It is not to he assumed, nor ws it Intendi-d. that because the public lands can be obtained at S2.50 per acre, t his um represents tne true value of tlie lands. The price Is made as inconider- ablp as possible. In order to Induce ettl men t n ti 1 eiioonriiKe development of new territories for the prevention of COnges- llM In older ones: Krom the enactment of such land laws. It 'was hoped to put Into the hands of the railroads a means of Inducing settle- ment along tljclr rights Of WBJ', t0 in one? wise c office as a money from the ale of the lands other wise collectable by the United States land office to accrue to the railroad companies as a bonus for the construction of the roiid. Any construction of these acts which would make it possible for a rail road to withhold the. lands, or to realize . larger sum from the sale thereof, is In direct Violation ftith the. letter and spirit' of. the In. w. This concerns the Southern TPa clflc Raltroad Comprfny and any other land grant railroad that has been suilty of violations. It is doubtful, however, to the 'writer's mind. If an act declaring these grants void because of default on the part of tlie roads concerned to live up to the spirit of trie Kraut laws, 'could be made ti hold. There i snothfr mean. for aecom rJllnhine the deHir-d results that 8ugKst4 itself. The iRTiter would propose a law emphasizing the maximum sum for whloh these lands might be disposed of by the railroad companies, by causing all sums In excess of this stated sum of JC. 50 per acre to be refunded to the treasury of the t'nited States. lie wouldVf urther propose that the railroad company be denied the use of any of such lands, except as may be necessary for the carrying on of traffic and other immediate needs. ' As no taxes have been paid on these In nds and no assessments levied asaint them, there are or should be no in cumbrance chargeable to the land other than that stated In the art authoriz ing the sale of the land by the rail road. And since the railroad companies have of their own free will violated im plied oblipatfona in their refusal to dis- poso of those lands except as they saw fit. claims for interest against the ap- - parent ly Invested capital of $2.50 per acre can neither reasonably nor Justly be enforced, Such a measure would remove any in centive for a continued withholdinR of thepe lands from the market, by making it impossible for the railroad to collect the unearned Increment. Moreover, it would rather induce the railroad to at once throw these la nds open to settle ment, as, since it could then not profit by a continued withholding' -of the ?ame, immediate returns from Incrcaned traffic would be at once sought for. Thus, the exaot condition - wcyiltl obtain- that wat. intended in the. original act. - : - . LOUIS G. MAYER. Remove lee From HldewalTwaa. PORTIiAND. Jan. 15. (To the Kdi- tor.) The law tiiat - unow and ice should be removed from the sidewalks - la certainly a dead letter here. It i a pity that such a good law is not en forced, ss tiie snow on sidewalks Is a &;rcat In convenience to pedestrian. Can a person who does not comply with such a law be a stood citixen? And are business men nd officials who do not live up to such a simple and still so very Important ordinance sood clt- izena and worthy of our support? The writer thinks that they are no g-ood. AIRJCFtT JOHNSON. - XEWSPAPER WAIfS. I'm charitable enouith to " i rnrle Eben. "tla-t mlntakea ts houn' tr hap- pen. But some folki do have a way of bur- ryln' Vm.'-Waslilnglnn filar. Tommy- "P wlisr do people put punnl rr platf 7" Tominy'. Pop smauer coins, mj son." Philadelphia Record, "the blushed when I perusod her 'count nsnte." "What of that? It is no morn t tin. ii natural whn a woman sees her coiin ten.ii.nce Is perused for her face to get red." baitlmore American, "I'm net going near that restaurant Mgntn." "Why not? "Some fool took my umbrells. and left his In Its piaro." "But you mis It t run across him." 'Thut'i the trouble. I don't want to. I've got tha beU umbrella. "Milwaukee Sentinel. Mios P assay -"The idea of hsr saying t 'didn't look more than 40! " Miss Pep prey "But she didn't say that." MiM Fas- say "Nor Then I mlsunder mum Fep- prey "Tes, she raid you arted an if you thought you didn't look more than 40." Philadelphia Press. ABOUT THIS